Marine Scalefish Fishery

The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:02): Does the minister acknowledge that once a fishery is allocated any decision like this will result in a redistribution of wealth and a discount on the basis of kilo to units for those licence holders who bought on the open market?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:02): I would refer the member to various comments made by SACAT in regard to the impact on those who have—I think I am paraphrasing now SACAT's words—received greater quota than they were entitled to because of this pro-rata policy that had no legal foundation.